As makeover shows become big-budget fantasies and extreme variations on the “Queen for a Day” theme, it’s nice to see some people still work within a budget. With host Joan Steffend, Saturday night’s “Decorating Cents” (7:30 p.m. today, HGTV) offers some novel ideas that won’t break the bank. The show’s title, “100 Ideas Under $100,” says it all. Covering 100 ideas in 60 minutes affords you 36 seconds per suggestion, minus commercials.

Some of these notions aren’t even worth that much time. Want a “nontraditional window treatment”? Use beach mats. This leads me to the question: When did the term “window treatment” enter the popular vernacular? For years we got by with just “curtains.”

Some ideas seem funky, like (No. 61) using a detached umbrella handle as a towel holder. And others are best forgotten. No. 51 suggests that you make an ottoman out of a mini exercise trampoline. How … interesting. Yet despite the occasional clunker, “Cents” deserves credit for accentuating creativity over mere shopping.

Tonight’s highlights

• Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds are your hosts for the Phoenix 500 (6:30 p.m., Fox) NASCAR race.
• A tribal treaty calls other land deeds into question on “Little House on the Prairie” (7 p.m., ABC).
• Jason Bateman is host of “Saturday Night Live” (10:30 p.m., NBC), featuring musical guest Kelly Clarkson.

Sunday’s highlights

• Scheduled on “60 Minutes” (6 p.m., CBS): Terrorists held in Israel’s prisons; a new water tunnel for New York City; the Earth Conservation Corp.
• Ryan Seacrest (“American Idol”) is host on the two-hour musical special “American Top 40 Live” (7 p.m., Fox), featuring performances by Ryan Cabrera, Gavin DeGraw, Finger Eleven, Maroon 5 and Hoobastank.
• A clip show glances back at the season’s highs and lows on “Desperate Housewives” (8 p.m., ABC).